Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs Bee FliesAnthrax sp (Bee Fly) Tolkunia hibisci (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp
Previously described as Australiphthiria, these bee flies have been identified as Tolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae) on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum).
Tolkunia hibisci are very small bee-flies, with wings usually folded over their rounded abdomen.
The Australiphthiria sp in Alice Springs are often found on the flowering plant genus Gossypium, including Native Cotton Bush (Gossypium australe) and Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossyipium sturtianum).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Brachycera
- Infraorder: Orthorrhapha
- Superfamily: Asiloidea
- Family: Mythicomyiidae
- Subfamily: Psiloderoidinae
- Genus: Tolkunia
- Species: Tolkunia hibisci
Footnote & References
- Tolkunia hibisci, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1602273-Tolkunia-hibisci
- Tolkunia hibisci, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107031061
replacing ID genus Australiphthiria, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109521160
Alice Springs Bee FliesAnthrax sp (Bee Fly) Tolkunia hibisci (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp
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